Does your husband/partner help you in the housechores?
By blimb
@grkelly (1206)
Malta
7 responses
@jenrose930 (119)
• United States
26 Mar 10
I think this is a very easy question to answer:
YES each person in the relationship should help with housechores.
They both live here, and if they want it to stay nice, they should pitch in. In the '50s there was this belief that women should keep the home, while men bring home the bacon, but much has changed since that era. Now there are more women in college than men, and women aren't going to college any more just in search of finding a nice man and getting a proposal.
I don't think that the chores should be divided into outdoor/indoor either...both people in the relationship should do their fair share of both.
A friend of my mother's has a husband that refuses to do laundry, and is also unwilling to do housechores. And she lets him get away with it! That would not be happening in my relationship.
I am not married yet, nor do I live with my partner, but I have also made a conscientious decision to date people that know how to do household chores and already do their fair share in their own home. I am an independent person, and am just drawn to that kind of person: someone who can help himself/herself and doesn't need to lean on other people.
@grkelly (1206)
• Malta
29 Mar 10
Sometimes a partner shows one thing, and when you get married he turns out to be a bit different. Husbands usually tend to take wives a bit for granted and lean a bit on the wife. For me it is ok as i like to control the way things are done, placed and settled in the house. However i wish for more help especially since we have a young child. Lately he has started to help by spending some time playing with the kid though so that at least gives me some time to myself even if for a little bit.
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
2 Apr 10
of course, i have been helping in the chores since i was a little boy- which was a long, long time ago...It made me more responsible and now i'm helping my wife in the household chores..
@MrsFrizzle (1963)
• United States
26 Mar 10
My husband slacks too sometimes. I have tried hard to learn what my husband likes to do around the house. He does not mind taking out the trash and doing laundry. So those are his jobs. We of course help each other with chores when it is needed.
@bellis716 (4799)
• United States
28 Mar 10
My husband and I are both retired. He tries to help, but there are some things I'd rather do myself.I don't tell him that, because it would hurt his feelings. Also, as he says, he needs to do something besides sit on his keester. There is one thing that I do wish he would do because I hate it. That is the cooking. If I don't cook, he will fix something simple for himself, like bacon & eggs or a sandwich, but he doesn't bother to ask if I'd like something to eat.
@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
27 Mar 10
My husband always does. He always help me with the household chores or should I say I help him with the household chores. He does the laundry all the time and he also do the dishes for me. I also clean the house but most of the time he does. its not that I am sick or something, he's job is homebased so he's got more time to do the things at home and I am really happy about that.
@catalystsnstars (35)
• United States
26 Mar 10
He knows he doesn't do enough, and that I do more than him. I think he's trying to make it up since most of his time is taken up with studying. But sometimes I have to admit I just feel like kicking him.
@Hazelrose (2179)
• Philippines
26 Mar 10
Hi grkelly,Yes,but not often.Only If his not busy in his works and no appointments.He helped me in cooking our foods washed the dishes and sometimes washing our clothes.I am so blessed for having a loving and caring husband in my life.Good luck.